Rope-forming attachment for binders.



No. 862,590. `PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907. L. SGHROY. ROPE FORMING ATTACHMENTFOR BINDERS.

APPLIOATIOI. FILED DEO.18, 1906.

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No. 862,590. PTBNTBD AUG. 6, 1907.

L. SGHROY.

ROPB FORMING ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS. .PPLIOATIOH FILED 13110.18, 1905.

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PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907. L. SGHROY. ROPE `PORMING ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS.

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LINCOLN SOI-IROY, OF BROWNSVILLE, INDIANA.

ROPE-FORMING ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application tiled December 18, 1905. Serial No. 292,385.

To NZZ whom it may Concern:

lie it known that I, LINCOLN Somier, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Brownsville, in the c ounty of Union, State oi Indiana, haveinvented certain new and usel'ul Improvements in Rope-FormingAttachments for Binders; and I do hereby declare the iollo'wing to be alull, clear, and exact description of the invention7 such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to rope iorming attachments for hinders and haslor its object to provide an attachment for binders which may be readilyapplied to the same and which will iorm a continuous rope oi straw loruse in binding grain. i

A further object ot the invention is to provide a rope forming attaclunent which will be operated by the drawing ot the straw through the sameby the pressure rolls.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement oi parts shown in the accompanying drawingsin which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view ot my invention, the cover for the samebeing partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ol the same. Fig. 3is a detail vertical longitudinal sectional view through theattachment.. Fig. 4 is an end elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail verticaltransverse sectional view on the line 545 of Fig. 1. Fig. Gis a similarview on the line GAG ol Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail view in elevation oione of the straw twisters, and, Fig. 8 is a detail side elevation of theother of the straw twisters, the same being shown removed from itsbearing blocks. Fig. 9 is a view in detail ot one of the straw twisters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes the body of myattachment which comprises a pair or' troughs 11 and 12, each includingmajor and minor sides 13 and 14 and 15 and 1G respectively, the minorsides 14 and 1G being provided with flanges 17 and 18 respectively.rI`he trough 11 is slidably mounted in the trough 12 and has its I'lange17 resting upon the upper face ot a bar 19 which is secured to theunderside ot' the flange 1S of the trough 12 and also to the binder (notshown) between the conveyor and the packer. Secured to the under sideofthe trough 12 at its other edge is a bar 20 which extends laterallyfrom the said trough and beneath the corresponding portion of the trough11. Braces 21. have their ends secured between the bars 19 and 2O andthe adjacent portions oi the trough 12 and extend transversely of thesaid trough and beneath the same. Similar braces 22 are secured to theupper lace ot the bars 19 and 20 and extend beneath the trough 11 inspaced relation to the same. Secured to the under side oi' the trough 11adjacent its sides are guide blocks 23 provided with ilanges 24 whichextend from their outer face to iorin grooves 25 between the saidflanges and the said trough and bars 2G are secured to the braces 22 andare provided with, l lan ges 27 which extend from their faces adjacentthe said trough and work in the grooves 25 in the bearing blocks 23 Abearing bracket 2S is secured to the outer lace of one of the bars 26and a similar bracket 29 is secured to the under side ol' a bar 30 whichis connected at its en'ds to the braces and mounted in the said bearingbrackets 28 and 29 is a stem 31 which is provided at its outer end witha hand-wheel 32 and at its inner end with a pinion 33, The pinion is inmesh with a rack-bar 31 which is secured to the under side oi the trough11 and extends longitudinally ol' the same.

From the lorcgoing, it will be seen that by rotating the stein 31 andconsequently the pinion 337 the trough 11 will be shil'tcdlongitudinally in the trough 12 and that by so shifting the said troughthe attachment may be adjusted to accommodate different length ol straw.

Mounted in the bottom oi the trough 1l is a bearing bracket 35 in whichis mounted a shalt 3G carrying a ieed roller 37. The bracket 35 includeslaterally extending portions 38 and 39, one ol' which is provided withspaced pairs ot' lugs 39 lor a purpose to be hereinafter described. Asecond, bearing bracket 40 is disposed upon the bearing bracket andincludes side members 41, end connecting portions 42 and lateralextensions 43 which rest upon the lateral extensions 3S and 39 of thebracket 35, one oi the extended portions 43 being' provided withoppositely extending lugs 41 which are engaged between the lugs ol' eachpair ot lugs 39. In the sides oi the bracket 40 is journaled a shalt 45upon which is mounted a feed roll er 16, the said roller being disposeddirectly above the roller 37 and kin spaced relation thereto. A bolt 47is engaged in regis tering openings 48 in the extended portions 39 and43 and has its lower end engaged through an opening 5() in the bottom ofthe trough 11. The lower portion of the bolt 47 is screw-threaded and isprovided with a thumb-nut 5l. between which and the underside ol theextended portions 39 oi the bracke 35 is engaged a helical spring 52,which when the thumb-nut 5l. is tightened7 exerts a pressure between therollers 37 and 4G comprising substantially cylindrical bodies havingridges 53 formed upon their peripheries, the said ridges extending irontend to end of the said rollers. The end connecting portions 42 of thebearing bracket are provided with alining openings 54 i'or a purpose tobe hereinafter described.

Mounted upon opposite ends ot' the sha lt 3G and 45 are bevel gears 55and 5G respectively, the gear 55 being in mesh with a bevel gear 57mounted upon a shalt 58 which is in turn mormted in suitable bearingblocks 59 carried by the tr'ough 1.1.. Adjacent its opposite end to thebevel gear 57, the shalt 5S is provided with a pinion 59 which mesheswith a gear G0 on the periphery ol straw twister' Gl, the said twisterbeing mounted in a suitable bearing bracket (i2.

The straw twister (il comprises an annular body 62L having laterallyextend in g annular' ilanges 62", which is seated in an annular' grooveG2c in the bracket G2. On its inner periphery, the annular body G2 otthe straw twister 6l is provided with a series of straw twisting teeth(i3. The gear' portion G0 oi the straw twister Gl is ar'ranged to extendthrough slots 6ft formed in its sides ol the bearing br'acket G2. rlhegear 5G is in mesh with a bevel gear' 64 mounted adjacent one end ot ashaft 65, the said shalt being mounted at its extreme ends in suitablebearing brackets 6G carried by the trough ll. A gear' (i7 is secured tothe shalt GG which is in mesh with a gear 68 forming a part oi a strawtwister G9, The straw-twister G9 comprises an annular body 70 whichcarries on its outer' periphery the gear GS, the said gear extending inslots iormed in the sides ol a bear'ing bracket 7l and the annrrlar bodyoi the str'aw twister' being revol ubly mounted in an annular' gr'oove 72 in the said bearing bracket. Arms 7 3 extend laterally irom one sideoi the annular body'ol the straw-twister and are connected at their endsto diametrically opposite points on an annular member 75 which isprovided with an ammlar [lange 76 upon its periphery, the said ilange 7G being engaged in an annular gr'oove 77 formed in a bearing block orbracket 7S mounted in the trough ll. in rear oi the biacket 7l. Theinner periphery ot the annular body oi the straw twister 69 is providedwith a series ol straw twisting teeth 79 and extending l'orwardly uponthe said annular body is a straw gatherer S() which is in the iorm oi' ablade and is twisted in helical torni and -tapered toward its l'orwardend which lies in a plane beyond the remai nder ot the gatherer.

Secured to the outer end ol the trough 11 and outwardly oi the bearingbracket (i2 is a guide member Sl which comprises a pair ol arms 82 whichar'e held in spaced relation throughout their entire length by means ola block 83 through the medirrm ol which. the guide melnber is secured tothe trough l1. and by means oi a block 84 which is disposed intermediatethe ends ol' the arms 82. The arms 82 extend upwardly and outwardly,from the trough 11. l'or a short distance and are thence curveddownwardly and rearwardly as at 85 and have their 'free end portionsextending beneath, the lsaid trough. .lournaled between the arms 82 ar'erollers S6, one oi the rollers being disposed at the point where thearms commence to curve downwardly, a second r'oller being disposed atsubstantially the middle ol the bight portion lormed by bending the armsdownwardly and rearwardly and the last ol the rollers being mounted atthe eXtreme [ree ends ol the arms. One ol the edges oi the block 84- isrecessed as shown at 87, the said recessed portion conforming to thecontour ol the periphery oi the adjacent roller. A yoke 8S has its bightportion 89 disposed below the roller located at the extreme free end olthe guide member and has the ends oi its spaced arms 9() turned inwardlytoward each other as at 91 to rotatably support the said roller betweenthe arms 85.

A cover 92 is hinged as at 93 to the major side of the trough 1ladjacent its side edge and is provided at one oi its ends with adownturned lia-nge 94 and has its forward end portion curved downwardlyas at 95.

ln operation the straw as it passes trom the conveyer to the packer,passes over the trough 12 and is engaged by the straw gatherer and tedto the straw twister. A'l'ter the initial twisting action upon the strawit is engaged between the leed rollers 37 and 46 and through theopenings in the end connection portions ol the bearing bracket 40. Thestraw rope thus partly formed is passed through the straw twister Gl andis given a iinal twisting alter which it is passed over the guiderollers carried by the guide member 82 and under the said guide memberand between the yoke 88 and its adjacent roller and thence to thepacker. It will oi corn'se be understood that the initial supply oistraw must be passed through the attachment by hand and it will also beunderstood that the pulling action ex erted by the packer will serve todraw the straw rope through the attachment as itis formed, the passageof the rope between the leed roller serving to operate the twisters.

What is claimed is:

l. ln a device oi' the character described, in combination, a strawgatherer, a. twister, and means actuated by the passage ol raw throughsaid device for actuating said gatherer and said twister'.

2. In a device ot the character described, in combina-I tion, agatherer, a plurality of twisters, and means actriated by the passage ofstraw through said device for actriating said gatherer and saidtwisters.

Il. In a device ot the character descr'ibed, in combination, a twister,a gatherer ociatcd with said tw" and means actuated by the pa ge otstraw through L device ,t'or actuating said twister.

el. ln a device ot the character' described, in combination, a twister',a gatherer carried by said twister, and means actuated by the passageolf straw through said dcviee for actuating said twister. I

ln a device ot the character described, in combination, a plurality oftwisters, a gatherer carried by one ot' said twistcrs, and meansactuated by the passage ot straw through said device ior actuating saidtwisters.

G. In a device of the character' described, in combination, a twister, agatherer, means `actuated by the passage ot straw through said devicefor actuating said twister and said gatherer, and means for guiding therope termed .by said device after its passage therefrom.

i. In a device et the character described, in combination, a gatherer, atwister and adjustable means actuated by the passage of straw throughsaid device for actuating said gatherer and said twister.

S. In a device ot' the character described, a twister', a gatherer'carried by said twister and rollers arranged for the passage ot' strawtherebetween after its pa. ge through said twister, and means actuatedby the passage between said rollers for actuating said twisters and saidgatherer.

5). In a device ot the character' described, a twister', a gathererear'ried by said twister', rollers arranged tor the passage et strawtherebetween after its passage from the said twister, means actuated bythe passage ot said straw between said rollers tor actuating saidtwister' and said gatherer', and means for adjusting said rollers.

10. In a device of the character described, a twister, a gatherercar'ried by said twister', rollers arranged i`or the passage ot strawtherebetween after its passage from the said twister', means actuated bythe passage of said straw between said rollers for actuating saidtwister and said gatherer, and means for adjusting the pressure ot saidrollers.

11. A device of the character described comprising troughs, a gathererand a twister' mechanism carried by one of said troughs, and means foradjusting said trough with respect to the other oi said troughs.

l2. In a device of the character described in combination, a pair oftroughs, a gatherer and a twister 11iechanism carried by one of saidtroughs, and means for adjusting said troughs longitudinally of eachother.

13, In a device of the character described, the combination with atrough, of a twister, a gatherer, and means actuated by the passage ofstraw through Said trough 'for actuating said twister aud said gatherer.

14. In a device of the character described, in combination, a gatherer,a twister, rollers arranged for the passage of straw therebetween andmeans associated with said l LINCOLN SCHROY.

Witnesses WILLIAM FORD, Dnvin V. Sr'ivny.

